‘Top Chef’ Tom Colicchio on America’s staggering waste of food. Video PBS NewsHour

The United States wastes roughly 70 billion pounds of food every year, an estimated quarter of all food produced in the country. Now, TV “Top Chef” Tom Colicchio aims to bring the issue to the highest levels of government with his “Food Policy Action” group. Political director Lisa Desjardins talks to Colicchio about how he plans to end American food wastage. PBS NewsHour videovideo

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